The world only goes forward because of those who oppose it.
Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.
It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.
An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; a villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.
Once more I am a wanderer, a pilgrim, through the world. But what else are you?
It is delightful to transport one's self into the spirit of the past, to see how a wise man has thought before us.
Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.
More light!
One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.
Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiß nichts von seiner eigenen.
On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
We do these thing not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
He who moves not forward, goes backward.
I went off with him for no reason.
Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
Leap and the net will appear.
Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.